Military service
Service number:
429233
Age:
20
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Battalion
Birth:
February 5, 1896
Louth, England
Enlistment:
New Westminister, British Columbia
Death:
September 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of David and Ellen Allenby, of Spring Bank, Hull, England. Brother of Private George David Storey Allenby, who served in the same unit and died on the same day.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Thorley Allenby
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Photo of William Allenby
Lance Corporal William Thorley Allenby (seated) and his brother Private George David Storey Allenby, both killed 8th Sept 1916, at Monquet Farm near Courcelette, France. Both served with the 7th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Thorley Allenby
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Thorley Allenby
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Thorley Allenby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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